Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 1-2Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... possessed a refined taste for the charms of literature , as well as much urbanity , which he was very successful in imparting among his pupils . At this time that amiable man and elegant scholar , Dr. Jortin , took great notice of the ...
... possessed a refined taste for the charms of literature , as well as much urbanity , which he was very successful in imparting among his pupils . At this time that amiable man and elegant scholar , Dr. Jortin , took great notice of the ...
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... possessed a dignity , propriety , and impressiveness , that invariably riveted the attention of his congregations . The politics of Dr. Knox were decidedly those of the Whigs . His steadi- ness and consistency were remarkable , and he ...
... possessed a dignity , propriety , and impressiveness , that invariably riveted the attention of his congregations . The politics of Dr. Knox were decidedly those of the Whigs . His steadi- ness and consistency were remarkable , and he ...
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... possessed at pre - pear to me , even until I myself be- sent . the inferior nature will at came a father . I had not until then length mount up to it , and shine a notion of the yearnings of heart , forth in the same degree of glory ...
... possessed at pre - pear to me , even until I myself be- sent . the inferior nature will at came a father . I had not until then length mount up to it , and shine a notion of the yearnings of heart , forth in the same degree of glory ...
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... possessed at once of time tervene in the most crowded varie- sufficient for any great design , and ty of diversion or employment , would therefore indulge ourselves in for- find every day new irradiations of tuitous amusements We think ...
... possessed at once of time tervene in the most crowded varie- sufficient for any great design , and ty of diversion or employment , would therefore indulge ourselves in for- find every day new irradiations of tuitous amusements We think ...
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... of the best sense passing ful to those who are possessed of away a dozen hours together in shuf- them . Spectator . VOL . I. No. 2 . D " Lord Chesterfield . 13. A Knowledge of the Use BOOK I. ] 25 MORAL AND RELIGIOUS .
... of the best sense passing ful to those who are possessed of away a dozen hours together in shuf- them . Spectator . VOL . I. No. 2 . D " Lord Chesterfield . 13. A Knowledge of the Use BOOK I. ] 25 MORAL AND RELIGIOUS .
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Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry (Classic Reprint) Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2018 |
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